Miranda Lambert took home a leading four awards at the ceremony, hosted by Reba McEntire and Lambert's fiancé, Blake Shelton. To open the show, McEntire and Shelton poked fun at country's royal couple by showing Shelton performing in a candle-lit hotel room to a blond wig-wearing McEntire.

Other big winners of the night included Lady Antebellum with two awards and Taylor Swift, who won Entertainer of the Year for the first time.